Kineto
Wireless, a key innovator and leading supplier of telco-OTT
solutions, today announced its Smart Comms application for mobile
operators. Using standard Rich Communications Suite (RCS) technology,
Smart Comms enables operators to enhance their current telephony and
SMS/MMS services and introduce new IP-based communications capabilities,
including chat, VoIP and video. Smart Comms is designed to help mobile
operators compete against new over-the-top (OTT) service providers as
the industry quickly moves toward IP-based communications.

“As OTT players continue to eat into traditional communications
revenues, operators have a choice,” noted Peter Jarich, VP of consumer
and infrastructure research at Current Analysis. “They can ignore the
threat or fight back. Yet, as many have already learned, fighting back
isn’t easy. Even though technologies like RCS provide a solid
foundation, crafting a compelling user interface, building a brand
around existing communications services and incorporating
differentiating communications features are challenges that most
operators simply haven’t had to grapple with in the past.”

“The impact of OTT VoIP on voice revenues is expected to be
considerable, and it will accentuate the erosion caused by market and
regulatory pressures,” said Jeremy Green, a principal analyst in Ovum’s
Telco Strategy Practice. “In 2020, we expect that OTT VoIP will have
cost the global telecoms industry $479bn in lost revenues.”

Kineto’s Smart
Comms application presents existing and new communications services
within a single, powerful, user-friendly interface. With the
application, mobile operators can generate brand recognition for
existing telephony and messaging services, reach higher levels of
customer satisfaction and loyalty with a suite of enriched services, and
improve their ability to attract new users with value-added services
that completely refresh the entire communications experience.

“OTT service providers are exploiting gaps in mobile operator service
offers to build strong brand relationships with smartphone users,” said
Jeff Brown, president and CEO of Kineto Wireless. “As trusted suppliers
of mainstream telephony and SMS services, mobile operators are in a
strong position to respond to this threat, but must move quickly.”

Several highlights of the Smart Comms application include:

Creates a new look for telephony and SMS

Smart Comms provides an operator brand-able user interface with a
fresh look for telephony and SMS/MMS alongside new IP-based
services. Putting people before services, Smart Comms enables users
to view all their interactions with friends and colleagues in smart,
conversational timelines.

Expands voice and messaging beyond telephony and SMS

Beyond enhancing the UI for telephony and SMS, Smart Comms adds
one-to-one and group chat, IP voice and video calling, image and
location sharing and more to turn casual conversations into
extraordinary exchanges, all based on the industry standard Rich
Communications Suite (RCS).

Makes conversations easier, friendly and richer

With features such as Invite to Call, Social Snapshot, and Location
Share, Smart Comms goes well beyond just adding new ways to
communicate, and makes connecting with friends, family and
colleagues easier, friendlier and richer.

Enables new business models

The Smart Comms app enables operators to explore new ways to
monetize their services. By supporting freemium pricing models,
advertisement insertion and true OTT operation, it enables operators
to pursue new approaches to grow the value of their communications
services.

Extends services beyond smartphones

Smart Comms takes things further than just smartphones by enabling
subscribers to join the conversation through tablets and PCs.

Interoperable with owned and hosted RCS networks

As it uses industry standard RCS technology, the Smart
Comms app is interoperable with compliant infrastructure
solutions from any other vendor. It supports both owned and hosted
RCS network deployment models.

“NewPace is pleased to include Kineto in the growing list of partners
for our RCS product line,” comments Brent Newsome, president and CEO,
NewPace Technology Development Inc. “By certifying Kineto’s Smart Comms
application with our infrastructure (rcsConnect), we are providing
mobile network operators assurance that our platform works with the
broadest array of vendors. This integration will ensure speed to market
for their RCS customer solutions.”

“If service providers want to truly differentiate themselves in the
marketplace, they must take a multi-faceted approach to addressing the
demand for rich communications and access to services anywhere,” said
Seamus Hourihan, senior vice president of corporate strategy, Acme
Packet. “As a key contributor to RCS infrastructure, Acme Packet
believes standards-based Telco-OTT solutions, such as Smart Comms, can
help service providers meet this demand while reducing costs.”

Kineto will be present at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain
February 25-28, 2013. To schedule a meeting to discuss Smart Comms and
how it may figure into RCS planning, please contact MWC2013@kineto.com.

About Telco-OTT

Telco-OTT (Over-The-Top) is a conceptual term that describes a scenario
in which a telecommunications service provider delivers one or more of
its services across all IP networks, predominantly the public Internet.
Stimulated by the availability of high performance fixed and mobile
broadband networks as well as the rapid adoption of smartphones and
tablet computers, telco-OTT is viewed by a selection of industry
analysts and media commentators as the mechanism that mobile network
operators need to employ in order to compete with the vast and growing
range of over-the-top (OTT) services provided by non-telco companies.
For more information, please visit www.telco-ott.com
and follow twitter.com/telco_OTT.

About Kineto

Kineto is a key innovator and leading supplier of telco-OTT solutions to
the mobile industry. Deployed by mobile operators around the world, the
company’s solutions enhance and extend communications services out over
IP-based network, such as the Internet. Kineto customers and partners
include HTC, Huawei, LG Electronics, Motorola, Orange, RIM, Rogers
Wireless, SFR, Samsung, T-Mobile and ZTE. For more information, please
visit kineto.com
and follow Kineto at twitter.com/kinetowireless.

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